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Give the College Football Performance Awards credit for enlivening silly season. CFPA's latest watch list for running backs features three Dartmouth opponents.Named to the list are Harvard's Paul Stanton Jr, Yale's Tyler Varga and New Hampshire's Nico Steriti.
The 5-foot-9, 185-pound Stanton is the top returning rusher in the Ivy League after running for 936 yards last fall. He was third overall in rushing behind the graduated John Spooney of Brown (1,170 yards) and Dartmouth grad Dominick Pierre (1,064 yards).
Stanton averaged a healthy 5.8 yards per carry last fall as a sophomore.
Hobbled by injury the 5-11, 220-pound Varga appeared in just six games in his junior season, running for 627 yards. As a sophomore, he exploded for 935 yards in just eight games.
The 5-11, 224-pound Steriti ran for 1,028 yards and eight touchdowns at UNH while averaging 5.2 yards per carry as a junior.
Another familiar name on the list is Sacred Heart tailback Keshaudas Spence.
